GE unveils 'LNG In A Box' technology for transportation fuels market

HOUSTON -- The LNG 17 conference continued on Wednesday with
a number of technical programs and presentations, a delegate
luncheon, and the busy exhibition hall, which played host to
many press events throughout the day.

At the GE Oil
& Gas booth, executives discussed the release of several
new technologies with members of the media over lunch. One
technology, LNG In A Box, is a small-scale, plug-and-play,
redeployable liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling solution. It
is ideal for the production and use of LNG as transportation
fuel for long-haul trucking, in a virtual pipeline
network, or in distributed power-generation applications for
the mining and oil and gas industries.

During the press event, GE's general manager of
turbomachinery unconventional solutions Ujjwal Kumar and Gasfin
general director Davor Grcevich signed a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Gasfins purchase of
five LNG In A Box units.

Luxembourg-based Gasfin will install the units to serve
small groups of LNG fueling stations in Europe, with the first unit being
established in 2014 near the border of Italy and Slovenia. The
MOU signing marked Gasfin as GEs first customer for the
LNG In A Box technology.

LNG In A Box offers a standardized, modular fueling solution
covering an LNG production range of 10,000 gallons per day
(gpd) to 50,000 gpd and expands on GEs existing
small-scale LNG portfolio, which includes the Micro LNG plant
announced in 2012.

GEs Mr. Kumar noted that large-scale LNG plants work
well in places like Australia or Saudi Arabia, but that
the attempt is to change the game in the LNG space
with small-scale, modular, rapidly deployable solutions like
LNG In A Box.

Gasfins Mr. Grcevich praised the technology as an attractive solution
for places where LNG demand is too small to justify the construction of a large-scale LNG
terminal, and for gas producers seeking to supply niche
markets. I believe that GE will be a leader in the
[small- and mid-scale LNG solutions] field, Mr. Grcevich
asserted.

The press conference was followed by a short
question-and-answer session, wherein Mr. Kumar affirmed that GE
intends to shop its LNG In A Box technology to China, another
area where small-scale LNG is ideal for virtual pipeline
applications. China is a target market for
GEs new technology, Mr. Kumar said.

I saw on your pictures, i cant find the liquefaction facility inside the machine? What is gas composition requirement for this machine, say it for CO2 and N2? What is pre treatment facility inside this box. My last question, how long from start , LNG can produce? Thank you

Peggy09.21.2013

Would like to know how ten acres directly on main pipeline, with rail plus trucking corridor would factor into. Heavy industrial land and economic enterprise tax breaks for jobs

Rick Whitworth08.12.2013

1. How applicable is this technology to the current US trucking fleets. What conversions if neede for the trucks and how realisitic?2. What is the average footprint required for siting a LNG in a Box operation?3. How much natural gas is used for a 10,000 - 50,000 gpd operation?

irwan haryadi05.28.2013

I very intersted about LNG in a Box , please send to me information more detail , how LNG in a Box can operation and what kind thing we must prepare if we use LNG in a BOX fromGE for Transportation .and last question , LNG in a BOx can supply for Industri example for supply 2 Mmscfd ?thank you very much for you'r information

Best Regard's

Irwan Haryadi

Mike Hannes04.23.2013

Depends on proximity of gas pipelines or sources of small gas streams.